Tufts 10K

Moana and I walked the Tufts 10K today -- her first time and my 13th. What a glorious day -- absolutely perfect conditions.

The Tufts is a race like no other -- or for many of my friends, the closest experience they will get to the Boston Marathon. A sea of 7000+ women lined up on Beacon Street next to the Common, then the surge up Charles Street over the Longfellow Bridge. Women screaming as they run through the underpasses on Memorial Drive, listening to their echoes. Cheering on the lead runners as they double-back on the other side of Memorial Drive, heading toward the Mass Ave Bridge. Passing spectators on Comm Ave, some who are there every year to cheer on the women, others who are woefully stuck in traffic, wondering why they didn't know about the race. And turning the corner at the Common and racing toward the finish line.